Lord Selkirk

Divisional Plan

Professional Learning Funding provided by Manitoba Education - Please provide details below

1) To date, how have you used the money your division received for K-8 teachers' LwICT professional learning in 2008-09 and 2009-10?
2008-2009
Division study group(PLC) with school reps from all schools
After school PD sessions
Targeted conferences
Division leadership implementation group
Division wide LwICT PD opportunity
Online PD services

2009-2010
LSSD continues to do the above with the addition of:
2 divisional PD days incorporating LwICT
Money allocated to schools on a proposal basis for in school PD

2) What professional learning is occurring now because of the extra funding that you previously not able to do?
Divisional professional development days for all teachers - this allowed the division to make ICT a division goal.

3) Does your division have any strategies for ongoing professional learning (For example: Professional Learning Community - online, face-to-face, mentors, etc?)
The division leadership implementation group has created a divisional 5 year Strategic Plan for LwICT

Goal 1: Student Learning: Information and Communication Technology literacy is an integral part of 21st century learning and a recognized foundation skill. ET follows MECY's LwICT continuum expectations and is based on current research. ICT will support curriculum and be appropriate for the learner (leveling, brain research, etc.) Responsible Individuals: Principals (monitor curricular infusion and outcomes, staff evaluation). Teachers (track, plan, assess and report), Lead Teachers, Students (self assessment and goal setting - tracked by the teacher). Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Objectives: Collaborative communication using real world, safe software and web based tools. Responsible Individuals: Teachers, Tech Teachers, Lead Teachers, Tech Assistants, Students Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: provide division-hosted, web-application services, Novel Team, Bridget video conferencing, ePearl Responsible Individuals: IT Dept Manager and Technicians, Sec. Treasurer, core Advisory group Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2012 Actual Completion Date: Provide access to new and emerging technologies for academic purposes. Responsible Individuals: Core Advisory Group, ET Leader, Asst. Supt, Lead Teachers, Tech Assistants Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: The coordination and research of emerging trends and issues. Responsible Individuals: IT Manager, ET Leader/Core Advisory Group, Lead teachers Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: *Feedback on emerging trends and issues is provided by the LwICT Study Group and Lead teachers Responsible Individuals:LwICT Study Group, Lead teachers Target Completion Date: Actual Completion Date: Real life project based learning opportunities and instruction. Responsible Individuals:Lead Teachers, Teachers, Advisory Group, Asst. Supt., Principals, Tech Assistants Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: expose teachers to examples of where ICT is infused in real-world curricular activities Responsible Individuals: Teachers, Lead Teachers, Advisory Group, Principals, Tech assistants Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: provide access to in-house and external experts Responsible Individuals: Teachers, Lead Teachers, Tech assistants, Principals Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Opportunities provided for special education students, behavioral students, enrichment students as well as mainstream students. Responsible Individuals: Student Support Services, Resource teachers, IT Dept., Teachers, Principals Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: identify what is needed and what is available Responsible Individuals: Resource Teachers, Student Support Services, IT manager Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: articulate the requirements of data collection and reporting Responsible Individuals:Student Services Director, Resource teachers, Target Completion Date: 2012-2015 Actual Completion Date: Determine student achievement and engagement by assessment of curricular infusion using triangulation. Responsible Individuals: ACE Committee, Principals, Teachers, Lead Teachers Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: Consider recommended resources and customize to division needs. Responsible Individuals: ACE Committee, Principals, Teachers, Lead Teachers Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: Implementation and infusion of the LwICT continuum. Responsible Individuals: Principals, Teachers, Lead Teachers, Study group representatives Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Goal 2: Staff Development: LSSD will provide current and relevant PD to Admin, Teachers and EA's. Responsible Individuals: Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager/Dept. Tech assistants, Lead teachers Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Objectives: Implement a peer coaching model to develop collaboration, communication and infusion in curricula. Responsible Individuals: Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager/Dept. Tech assistants, Lead teachers Target Completion Date: 2012-2015 Actual Completion Date: Consider what teaching allocation, budget and release time is needed for alternate support model for LwICT initiatives, and weigh against the current model. Responsible Individuals:Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager/Dept. Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: Provide professional development opportunities for senior admin and principals. Responsible Individuals: Core Advisory Group/ET Leader, IT Manager, External "experts/guests", Lead Teachers, Target Completion Date: 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: provide frequent and structured exposure to LwICT-curricular activities and training to admin Responsible Individuals:Core Advisory Group/ET Leader, IT Manager, External "experts/guests", Lead Teachers, Target Completion Date: 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Investigate a new training model for teachers and tech assistants and support staff. Responsible Individuals: Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., IT Manager/Dept. Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: examine what in-school PD and technical support is currently required Responsible Individuals: Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager/Dept., Lead Teachers, Principals Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: investigate alternate models of school level support for technology infusion. Responsible Individuals:Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager/Dept., Lead Teachers, Principals Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Review the role of the Tech EA. Responsible Individuals:Core advisory group/ET leader, Asst. Supt., HR Director, IT Manager/Dept., Lead Teachers, Principals Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Provide a common site for PD resources, forums for support, sharing, "how-to's", virtual meeting space. Responsible Individuals: Lead Teachers, Advisory Group, Sr. Admin, IT manager/Dept., Study group reps Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: use of forums. Responsible Individuals:Lead Teachers, Advisory Group, Sr. Admin, IT manager/Dept., Study group reps, teachers Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: explore alternate services hosted in division. Responsible Individuals:IT Manager/Dept. Core Advisory Group Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-15 Actual Completion Date: Align division curricular activities and incorporate assessment, differentiated instruction, LwICT, curricular integration. Responsible Individuals: Lead Teachers, ACE sub-committee, Student support Services, IT Dept. Tech assistants, Core advisory group Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Schedule PD opportunities in conjunction with lead curriculum teachers. Responsible Individuals: Lead teachers, Core advisory group, Target Completion Date: Actual Completion Date: Infusing ET into curricula/Learning fairs. Responsible Individuals: Teachers, Lead teachers, Core Advisory group, IT dept. Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Showcase a media awareness fair- examples Movies, vignettes, animation, "claymation", etc. Responsible Individuals: Teachers, Lead teachers, Core Advisory group, IT Dept Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: scheduled a minimum of 8 sessions with specific PD opportunities Responsible Individuals: Study group reps, Lead teachers, Core Advisory group, IT Dept Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-15 Actual Completion Date: Creation of a core ET advisory group (consisting of admin, teachers, others as necessary) to work with the ET Leader. Maintain division ICT study group. Responsible Individuals:Teachers, Admin, Sr. Admin. IT dept. Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: allocate financial resources and time for representatives for the Core Advisory and study groups. Responsible Individuals:Secretary Treasurer, Sr. Admin, Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Core Advisory group consists of experienced ET users . Responsible Individuals: Lead Teachers, teachers, admin, Asst. Supt. IT manager Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Scope of the study group to educate and filter new concepts and skills to and between schools Responsible Individuals:Lead teachers, core advisory group, Asst. supt. IT Manager. Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Goal 3: Educational Resources: Teaching staff will have the resources necessary to deliver ET with appropriate HR, finance, access, and time allocation, to achieve successful implementation of the ET plan. Responsible Individuals: Sr. Admin, Lead teachers, Sec. Treasurer, Principals, Teachers, Tech Assistants Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Objectives: Review current software, hardware and web resources needs at the school level. Responsible Individuals:Teachers, Tech Assistants, IT dept. Target Completion Date: Actual Completion Date: strike early years, middle years and senior years review committees. Responsible Individuals:school Tech assistants, teachers and admin Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: allocate financial resources for subs and working committee to meet 3 times by December. Responsible Individuals:Sec Treasurer, Asst. Supt. Core advisory group Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Measure and recommend effectiveness of the software, use of the software and make recommendations for future needs. Responsible Individuals:The early, middle and senior years review committees Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Identify and explore new software/hardware tools that meet the needs of special education students, enrichment students and emerging and non standard technologies. Responsible Individuals: Student support Services, Asst. Supt. IT dept. Sec. Treasurer, resource teachers, Core advisory group Target Completion Date: 2011-215 Actual Completion Date: Allocate funding for innovative school and teacher projects Responsible Individuals: Core advisory group, IT dept., Asst. Supt, Sec. treasurer Target Completion Date: 2011-2015 Actual Completion Date: Access for students and staff to work, shared directories. (virtual classroom) Responsible Individuals: IT dept. Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Develop the system for shared directories Responsible Individuals: IT Dept. Core advisory Group Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010 - 2015 Actual Completion Date: NOTE: LSSD will provide fair "STANDARD" and equitable levels of ET in all schools. Balance, differentiation of needs. (IT enrichment projects) budget (R&D). Establish hardware baseline at all schools as presented in the IT Dept. strategic plan. Goal 4: Cooperation and collaboration (seamlessly) between Education Technology and IT Dept. Responsible Individuals:IT Dept. ET leader/core advisory group, Tech assistants, Asst. Supt., Teachers, Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Objectives: Collaborate mutually on making ET needs mesh with IT requirements. Responsible Individuals: ET leader/core advisory group and IT manager Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Regular meetings with input from working committees, school based personnel and admin. Responsible Individuals: ET leader/core advisory group and IT manager Target Completion Date: ongoing 2010-15 Actual Completion Date: ET leader/core advisory group involved with planning with curricular leaders and school leaders. Responsible Individuals: Lead teachers, principals core advisory group Target Completion Date:ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: update and discuss with admin council Responsible Individuals:Principal liaison from the Core advisory group Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: minimum monthly meetings with lead teachers Responsible Individuals: Lead teacher from Core Advisory group Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date Review division initiatives to determine where financial resources can be reallocated or redeployed. Responsible Individuals: Asst. Supt, Sec. Treasurer, IT Manager, Principals, Lead Teachers, Teachers (all inclusive) Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Promote a culture where ICT is recognized as an "essential tool" for student learning, engagement and achievement. Responsible Individuals: Sr Admin, Core Advisory Group, IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, Lead teachers, teachers Target Completion Date: Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: review research and literature on how students use technology for learning in everyday life. Responsible Individuals: Sr Admin, Core Advisory Group, IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, Lead teachers, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: more divisional communication, showcasing through virtual workspace Responsible Individuals: Sr. Admin, Core Advisory Group, IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, Lead teachers, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: Collaboration between school and division on the development of school ET plans. Responsible Individuals: Asst. Supt. IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: schools identify their need/s in writing Responsible Individuals:Principals, Teachers, Tech Assistants Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: In collaboration and feedback with Division resource personnel (IT, student support, admin) set goals and purposes. Responsible Individuals: Asst. supt, IT dept, Principal, Teachers, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: IT personnel will suggest appropriate hardware/ software Responsible Individuals: IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date: create and share plan Responsible Individuals: Asst. Supt. IT Dept. Tech assistants, principals, teachers Target Completion Date:Ongoing 2010-2015 Actual Completion Date:
Draft 1 -June 2009

4) What successful strategies would you like to recommend to other divisions?

• procurement of current technology available to classrooms, ie smartboards, ceiling mount projectors, audio systems, wireless/wired access connectivity, peripheral technology.
• Staff PD opportunities on current trends in technology
• implementation of local talent for professional develpment opportunities
• short and long term planning at the division level - incorporating IT into divisional goals and school goals
• Have senior administration "on board"
• cooperative and cross pollinating work among subject areas and with subject specialists
• Limit and focus the division goals. Work towards depth instead of breadth. ("do some things well instead of many things poorly")

For more information, please contact..... the Assistant Superintendent of Lord Selkirk School Division

Report Card Samples

5) How often do you report on Literacy with ICT during the school year?
Once per year in March.

6) Which grades are reporting on Literacy with ICT?
K-9

7) When does the reporting occur?
March

8) What feedback have you received from parents regarding reporting of Literacy with ICT?
Minimal - positive


9) In certain circumstances, a child may have more than one teacher. How would/do your teachers report on a child's literacy with ICT in this circumstance? Please discuss with your divisional team and record some possible strategies to address this issue.
This is less a problem in elementary classess. In middle years, teachers have grade group meeting to discuss comments. Use of central electronic reporting, teachers have access to all students/classes taught. In middle years, the homeroom teacher is expected to report student comments.

10) If there have been changes to your divisional statement of belief on reporting on LwICT, since last year, upload or insert the text below.
No change


For more information, please contact.....the Assistant Superintendent of Lord Selkirk School Division

Transition to Senior Years

11) Thoughts on Literacy with ICT transition to the Senior Years
Highschool is seeing and starting to understand where students are coming from due to the divisional PD opportunities.

12 )Ongoing support for K-8 teachers**
Need ongoing financial support for PD opportunities and support for leadership team.